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EF1 tornado in Gray County, Texas

Tornado April 21, 2007 · Gray County, Texas

EF1
Rating
12.7 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$52K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado formed in extreme southwest Gray county about one mile north of Interstate 40 and one half mile east of the Carson county line at 2050 CST. The tornado moved north northeast and caused considerable damage to a homestead where a home lost part of its roof. A couple rode out the storm inside the home but were not injured. Several storage and outbuildings were destroyed. Several power poles were snapped and downed along its path. No injuries were reported.

The wider storm

Numerous severe thunderstorms producing large hail...damaging winds...and tornadoes moved north and northeast across the western and central Texas panhandle during the evening hours. The only injuries occurred in Cactus from a tornado...however no fatalities were reported.

Began near Alanreed (35.2200, -100.9954).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

15 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Moore CountyEF2 Carson CountyEF2 Moore CountyEF1 Oldham CountyEF1 Moore CountyEF1 Armstrong CountyEF1 Moore CountyEF1 Randall CountyEF0 Sherman CountyEF0 Sherman CountyEF0 Armstrong CountyEF0 Moore CountyEF0 Moore CountyEF0 Armstrong CountyEF0 Sherman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 29743. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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